Colombia’s state-run petroleum company Ecopetrol is to drill of oil in neighboring Venezuela, Colombia’s Ministry of Mining and Energy announced Wednesday. Colombia’s Minister of Mines and Energy Mauricio Cardenas said…
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos has predicted royalties of $5.2 billion for 2012, as the new system of oil and mining royalties takes effect. The head of state said “This…
Colombians working in the national oil and gas sector received wages 56% lower than foreigners in 2011, according to a report by Hays Oil & Gas and Oil and Gas Job…
The Colombian government promised to improve protection for international oil companies working in the country, following a recent surge in violence, reported newspaper El Espectador Friday. In the face of a…
The International Energy Agency (IEA) said Libya’s civil war increased European demand for Colombian oil, in a press report released Wednesday. According to the report, Europe accounts for 85% of…
Two oil transportation companies have suspended operations in the volatile Caqueta department following an alleged FARC attack earlier this week. Following a Monday oil truck ambush which killed two employees of driver…
Two people were killed in an alleged FARC attack on a convoy of oil trucks Monday in the southern Colombian department of Caqueta, reported local media. The guerrillas blocked the…
Petroleum company Emerald Energy’s proposed plans to extract crude oil in Colombia’s spectacular coffee region causes concern to local communities, reports Radio Caracol. Farmers, environmental experts and government delegates were due to…
Colombia’s second largest guerrilla group the ELN presented the government with an ultimatum regarding oil company attacks, on their website Monday. In the press release the ELN’s Eastern Guerrilla Front…